Re: simple modules: module managment vs. configuration management

2010-02-03 Thread ihab . awad
Hi Allen, Since this thread was referred to by the simple modules thread, here are some remarks. On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock allen.wirfs-br...@microsoft.com wrote: One of the points that I recall is the importance of not entangling “module management” with “configuration

Re: simple modules: module managment vs. configuration management

2010-02-03 Thread ihab . awad
Reading over my comments, I realized I could summarize: Configuration management is just as important to the integrity of the code in modules as the code itself. Getting the wrong version of some important library can break your code just as badly as having a bug in your own code. With that,

RE: simple modules: module managment vs. configuration management

2010-02-03 Thread Allen Wirfs-Brock
-Original Message- From: ihab.a...@gmail.com [mailto:ihab.a...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 12:52 PM ... I don't have an issue per se with whether module IDs are string literals or not, but just to guide where this is going, I'd like to propose a candidate goal: The

Re: simple modules: module managment vs. configuration management

2010-01-30 Thread Kam Kasravi
From: Allen Wirfs-Brock allen.wirfs-br...@microsoft.com To: es-discuss@mozilla.org es-discuss@mozilla.org Sent: Sat, January 30, 2010 11:43:39 AM Subject: simple modules: module managment vs. configuration management There is quite a bit of literature on “2nd class” module systems, but most

Re: simple modules: module managment vs. configuration management

2010-01-30 Thread Dave Herman
There is quite a bit of literature on “2nd class” module systems, but most of it is from a period before first class modules became the primary modularity research interest. I’ll see if I can dig up some references to papers that may be helpful. That would be great. I'll be glad to include